Fender



S. P. TAYLOR.

FENDER. APPLICATION FILED OCT- 6, l9l9- 1,339,586. M Patented May11,1920.

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SILAS P. TAYLOR, OF LORETTO, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO TENNESSEE IMPLEMENT SALES 00., OF LORETTO, TENNESSEE, A CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE.

FENDER.

To all whom 2'25 may concern Be it known that I, SILAS P. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Loretto, in the county of Lawrence and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain 1mprovements in fenders and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for use in connection with plows or kindred earth working members, and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character which may be readily and conveniently supported in working posltion, and which may be adjusted in a manner to best meet with the requirements of practice.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved fender whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a fender constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, and applied to the shank of a spring 2 or ground working member, and,

;Fig. 2 is a view in perspective illustrating my improved fender as herein embodied, applied to the beam of a plow.

My improved fender, as herein disclosed, comprises a flat plate P of desired dimension, and which, when in applied position, has its flat faces substantially vertically disposed. The plate P is substantially rectangular in form and has its lower forward portion disposed on .-an incline, as indicated at a. The upper forward portion of the plate P is pivotally engaged, as at 1, with an intermediate portion of a depend- Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Hay 11, 1920.

Application filed October 6, 1919. Serial No. 328,643.

ing arcuate arm 2, and the lower end por- 'tion of said arm 2 extends across a curved slot 3 disposed transversely of the plate P and concentric to the pivot 1.

Carried by the arm 2 is a headed shank or member 4 extending through the slot 3, and whereby the plate P is capable of limited swinging movement about the pivot 1, and is also held in substantially a fixed line of vertical travel. Normally the plate P is at the limit of its downward movement and mantains such position by gravity, however, the plate P is permitted to readily rise and fall in accordance with the irregularities in the surface over which the same may travel.

The upper end portion of the arm 2 is provided with a laterally disposed extension 5 substantially perpendicularly related to the plate P, and said extension terminates in a returned portion 6 overlying the extension 5. Disposed through the inner portion of the extension 5 and the free end part of the returned portion 6 is a screw or bolt 7 with which coacts the clamping nut 8, preferably having direct contact with the returned portion 6.

When my improved fender is employed in connection with a cultivator the shank of a tooth or ground working member is arranged between the extension 5 and por tion 6 and the arm 2 is effectively clamped thereon through the instrumentality of the coacting screw or bolt 7 and the nut 8. When the fender is applied the same extends rearwardly'and coacts with a side or end shank, although I do not wish to be limited to this exact arrangement.

When my improved fender is employed in connection with a plow a plate 9 is arranged between the extension 5 and portion 6 with the screw or bolt 7 disposed through said plate. The plate 9 is carried by a bracket 10, which is adapted to contact with a side face of a plow beam B.

Disposed through the bracket 10 are the screws or bolts 11 which are also directed through a plate 12 adapted to engage the opposite side face of the beam B. The clamping nuts 14 coact with the screws 01' volts 11 and directly contact with the plate 12, whereby the bracket 10 is effectively clamped to the beam B.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a fender con- In combination With a support for a ground Working implement, an outstand ng bracket carried by the support, a plate disposed through the bracket, a fender coacting With the ground Working implement and including" an upstanding arm, the 20 upper end portion of the arm being provided With a lateral extension terminating in a returned portion, said extension and returned portion straddling the plate, and means disposed through the extension of the arm, the returned portion of the extension and the plate for securing the arm to he plate.

I estimo y w e eo I er nto a fix my signature.

SILAS ,P. TAYLOR. 

